TripAdvisor Reviews Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit Nuevo Vallarta

Travel Blogs from Nuevo Vallarta

... up their luggage and passed through customs. As you stand watching for your guests to arrive you have no idea what plane the folks parading by arrived on. Even with our delayed start we waited an hour for them to appear. There is one advantage to the PV airport. Young ladies in traditional dress carry trays of free tequila shots that they offer as a welcome to Mexico!

... we followed him up the stairs to a room that was a shrine to a gorgeous Mexican movie star from the 40’s and 50’s. Our guide spoke some English and Patti speaks some Spanish so with Patti acting as the go-between translator, we were are able to communicate fairly well. From there he lead us from one room to another. In each new room he would present it with a different dramatic action. One room we entered in the dark and ...

... to Puerto Vallarta, we made arrangements with Carolyn and Larry Dunn to stay at Casa Riyo whether we were there or not. As it turned out, we arrived two days ahead of them! We had a great time and the days sped by.

We checked out the malecón renovation with the Dunns. The improvements add a nice touch and are pleasing to the eye: wide steps down to the beach is such a good ...

... in the same way trainee wizards are ejected out of fireplaces when they first use the magic transportation system in Harry Potter stories. The drivers are very patient and helpful and so far I have never seen them be anything other than pleasant and cheerful. If they see people coming, they wait, if you stick you arm out anywhere on the road they stop and I have even seen them reverse to collect a passenger! People often climb aboard to “busk”. Some are better than ...